all 50 states have residents signing these petitions and now 7 states including alabama, florida, georgia, louisiana, north carolina, tennessee, and texas are crossed that 25,000 signature * threshold. those states will have their petitions reviewed by white house staff. across the country more than 700,000 americans have signed. texas has the most with 100,000. rick perry not supporting it, saying quote, governor perry believes in the greatness of our union and nothing should be done to change the. by also shares the frustrations many americans have with our federal government. if texas does secede from the union, austin has its own petition saying they want to secede from texas. megyn: we'll put the issue to the court. "kelly's court" is back in session. on the docket, are they allowed to secede from the union? mercedes colwin and mark eiglarsh. so, here is what confused me about the writeup. there are 66 requests for secession. it's been a while. but there are not 66 states. where are the extra 16 coming from? and can they do it? >> i'm not sure where the extra 16 are but there is prec